In Delhi, industries which have not yet shifted to piped natural gas, will not operate during the period.
"2014 has been another year with an unexciting headline return," with the MSCI Asia Pacific ex-Japan index (MXAPJ) up only around 3 percent after a selloff in September wiped out earlier gains, Goldman said in a report Monday
This copper smelter, belonging to Sterlite Industries, is India's largest and is crucial to the company's operations and to copper-dependent industries, as it produces close to 30,000 tonnes of copper a month. So when it was shutdown for nearly 3 months following anti-pollution protests, the hit was palpable.